Cabinet



0ct.5,1943. G. F. BRAUN 2,331,166l

dABINET Filed July 2o, 1940 I zsheets-sheet 1 nventor Gttorneg Gasi-avFraun Oct. 5, 1943.

G. F. BRAUN CABINET Filed Jply 2o, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 SuventorGustav' J''Braun.

.l Cttorneg v 5 for this opening. The cover 5 is provided at its sideswith support arms such as the arm on the left side thereof (see Figure2). These arms are pivoted at I to the sides of the closure section 3 topermit the cover to swing upwardly and rearwardly within the section 3into open position. The lower cabinet portion, which is rectangular asviewed from the top, serves to-house the lower phonograph-parts. (notshown) and to Drovidea place for the storage of materials used inconnection with the phonograph. For example, the

bottom part of the cabinet (herein partially shown) is commonly arrangedto form a compart-- ment -8 for the Storage of phonograph records (notshown), access to this compartment lbeing had by way of a door 8' at thefront of the cabinet. In the instant invention there is provided acompartment 9 immediately above 'the record storage compartment 8, whichis adapted for the storage of correspondence as is hereinafter fullydescribed.

The phonograph unitP comprises a frame I having upright standards at itsends such as the standard I I on the right end thereof (see Figure l).These standards-carry cross-rods,` such as the front rod I2, on whichthere is slidably mounted a carriage I3 for a translating device I4. EX-tending from the translating devicek is a speaking tube I5 (see Figure2)"by `way of which sound is communicatedto and from the device. Thetranslating device overlies a record R supported on a mandrel I6 and isadjustable in relation to this record into operative and inoperativeconditions as by means of an adjusting lever I1 on the right side of thecarriage. Movement of the translating device along the record iseffected by way of a feed screw I8 which is rotated concurrently withthe rotation of the mandrel I6. This feed screw has an operativeconnection with the carriage I3, usually controlled by theA adjustinglever I'I. Carried by the carriage AI3 at the front of the record is anindexing device I9 by which explanatory markings in i connection withthe dictated matter may be made as on an index slip 20. The phonographarrangement here explained' is well known in the art; and inasmuch as myinvention is not necessarily limited to instruments of the phonographictype, no further explanation of the phonograph here shown is deemednecessary. Y

At the front of the phonograph unit P there is provided a downwardlyextending compartment 2l into which the speaking'tube I5 is folded andhoused during the non-use of the phonograph. During the use of thephonograph the speaking tube is removed from its compartment and thephonograph is .moved from inoperative-.position at the rear of thecabinet to its operativeposition at the front of the cabinet. To permitsuch a movement of the phonograph unit withinthe cabinet there areprovidedI tracks` 22 andl23 at the left and right sides of the cabinet..`These tracks are supported by means of stripsbent inwardly within thecabinet from the top of the left and right sides of the lower cabinetportion, these strips-being bent to form horizontal ledges 24 and 25respectively having flanges 24? and 25 depending from the inner edges ofthe ledges. To these flanges 24' and 25' are secured, as by welding, thetracks 22 and 25l These tracks movvably support a carriage 25 for vaphonograph which comprises a rectangular seat26 adapted to nt the bottomportion of the phonograph A,unit P. Provided on this carriage, at itsleft andright sides are wheels such asvthe pair of Wheels 27 0n rightend walls of the cabinet, and is of the usual push button typecomprising a button 32 biased yupwardly to place` the switch in on orclosedy condition and movable downwardly against its biasing to placethe switch in off or open condition. In order that this switch will beplaced into on and off conditions as an incident of moving thephonograph unit into operative and inoperative positions there isprovided a lever 33 which rests at one end on the push button 32, andwhich is pivoted at theother end by-a stud 3l to a lug 35 turned up fromthe platform 3|'. This lever carries at its central portion averticallydisposed disk 36 which is rotatably connected to the lever by a pin 31.The leveri33is urged upwardly, by the upward. biasing ofy the pushbutton 32, into position wherein the top portion of the disk 36 iswithin 'the'path dened'by the phonograph carriage 26.: When thephonograph carriage is moved rearwardly to place the phono` graph ininoperative position the bottom of the carriage seat 2B rides over thedisk 3B, as by way of an upwardly and rearwardly inclined side wallportion 26 of the carriage seat, and moves the disk downwardly to placethe switch in off condition. Conversely,.when the carriage is returnedto operative position the carriage seat is moved of! from the disk andthe switch is returned to on condition in response to its biasing.

The correspondence compartment 9, heretofore mentioned, is a ilatsubstantially rectangularstructure made, for/example, of sheet metal.rIh'ecompartment is heldfwithin the cabinet at a levjel between thephonograph carriage and the record storage compartment 8 and in a,position wherein it is inclined downwardly from front to back, asshownin Figure -2.Y The compartment extends laterally across the cabinetand is closed on all sides except at lits side at the front of thecabinet. It is supported in the position here indicated by means of twodownwardly inclined angle irons 38 and V39 respectively disposed alongVthe left andright end walls of the cabinetbut at a slight distance infrom @these end walls. The angle irons are carried at ,their rearwardends b.v brackets 40 which are secured to the walls of the cabinet atthe rearward corners thereof, and are carried at their forward ends byan angle iron 4I extending laterally across the cabinet and havingdownwardly turned lugs 4 I at its ends which are secured by welding tothe side walls of the cabinet.` The compartment 9 rests on theangleirons 38 vand 39-in position wherein its rearward wall abuts against theback wall of the cabinet.

. Access to'the interior of the compartment, I

and to the compartmentlitself for purposes of removing the same from thecabinet, is had by way of an opening 42 in the front wall of thecabinet. This 'opening extends laterally across the front of the cabinetfrom above the bracket 4I and is in height somewhat greater than theheight of the compartment. The bottom wall 9 of thecompartmentterminates substantially at -fo'r upward swinging 'xnovel'nentiA Within arme 145 and 1&6 eiste ding rearwardly fthe form, when `theclosure Vfis; inE fclosed Ea bottom for the compartment :Mnowhch ishoused Athe speaking tube 1 5. Ai'ilz'so lprovitledjzon tnemosuirei'jusebeiow meente 4s isla: spring s member 5l whichvex`tendsflaite-rally -of `the cabinet and-which projects intov heo'penendfpbrtionoi f f the compartment. 'rheftp wenn: .compart-` 'flares'Voutwardly to facilitate the 5'insertion of letters and Dapere intothee'ompantments" 1 y graph carriage 26' eo {habitwni be epenedeneclosed as an incidentef movinglmlefqvhonegraph 'mames "l j 'y Mieleo,have direct v connections to he if nhgime'mbers :Stand:Stand-attireotheipofjisheir 'l fof the linke-15 aridl,'lthere.z.are providedinwardlyjextending;studs:land. 82 whichaCt c as k:stops to: limit the:opening i movement fof lthe elosurell,asielliereinafterexplained.'7gg;L:

`l frunotioningnof These linkages ,betweentliee phcmogrnph carriage l26{aridi-the Qlosu'ref'l or: smi-many 1w@ the eorresp encereornliartmentisasiollows; Whenfthe'giplionograph carriage' is movedZjonwardly' onitstraksztoiplacezthe phonograph. unit inoperative position the flevers53 and` 5I,are swungfforwardly and the: members '63 andl are Yturnedjgbfy J the, impingement foi the zlugsi' turningoff`the"members(i635a 'diwheingthwQ-c ever. through! lessl angular adistance ,thanfffthatoi f stade" Serving/to limit: v4theopenin'gisniovementvof `gratin 'isvmoved nearwardly into' inoperative905k unit into: 'its' cmerative` and;r linopexzd'tilvefpo'sitiehs.

The connection betyvieen'the es ,mge'fand closure coin-prises .a pair ofllink age'sfone sti: 'eeeli .side'f of the cabinet. In r-inlmbering .theccmpnnentsluf these linkages-ir use 10aa: numbers'SimN the, .leithandside and even numbers on the right; .These linkages comprise respectiveupwardly extending levere 53 and' E4 Whichvlave positioned' rast; the

left andrigh't sideseoffthe cabine beyond the 'ends of the closure 144landwhicliare.pivotedfat their lowerendsV` tostuds 55fand156,thesegstuds lbeing secured as by `suitableI braekets' intehowm l.' 'fthelu-ppr g; re pmvlded f to the end Walls of tlie'abine ends'oftheleve'rsss @nessuna onen-ended /slotsjsi'and sslwhicn gare' engaged bbycross pins* 58 'and lel!`1;: arried *by the phonograph thephonograpnnnit Withoutcausng,anylper manentflstnain ofthelpartsofr-thelinkage sySemS, :andegzitgrelaxes Iza-the need -for"maintainingvclose te tnebottom ofvfheearr'iage seat. -lnisepivebei c onthe studs 55 and 5S areY coupling members $3 1 and GB 'are somewhatelongated *sofas 'motion connections betweenthe'y in mbere fiand f 6land theievers 53 and 5'4' reseitively The membersy 63 l and 64 andlevers =53' and 54 `=have yieldable connection'efther'ebetwen 'edditionto the lost-motion connectionsjentioned;

rI fhese yield'able connectionsf fcomprieefw:tension Y springs '69 `andThookedatone ofitheir -ends :toy

short forwardly lextending Janin-sf 12| land Zuton 4tolerancesinfthendimensioning ofthe reltvelyf`-' l'igidcomponentsof thelinkages,Aiso,sinee, 1,he

v angular Yzzzwel ,f of. the; couplingf members 563 -l yand r EBI (whichrequired: to'move the elosure7 M "closed/coopenjposition issubstantiallyles that'ofthe levers 53 and "5.4 iny the movementjof tfhevphopographfromj operative: te ixineperative @the vspnngs ,es anello; causes-meciosufefunn `become biaeedinto clos'ed'nosition asthe:Qphomi-Y graphunit `is fmoved; intoinioperative oSion. v

gv offrlthe* "closure againstiadjacen't tpartewhile`r theclosure is linclosed position; To `prevent metallicnoise's.

' -from"bei'ngigenerated by the seatmgoic .theloeune 'aony the yangleiron-IH `this iangle irofn'jn'iay;be",

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To 'vprever'it'*the` phonograph unitirornkbeing v fmcved alongthestracks 2 2a,n :l23outofinoperxay Y itlvepositiom a'sffroIn-fatiltingaofthe cabinetviiifrf.-` Y ing transportation .thereoLlILprovideffavlceking -means which isy effective to holdthe `pliongraph' V'.inwinoperativei positionfsoilcng' as` thevtopoover 5' kieofthe.cabinetis-in. closedpositiorn` 'I'hslckf izi'gy uneans'iomprisesfYadetentuermffwlichis pivoted by a stud 84fto a standard 35 extend.- ingupwardly from the left rearward part ofthe phonograph-carriage 28. Thedetent overlies Ithe ledge 24 and is permitted to slide .thereon in asubstantially horizontal position. Pivotal movement of the detent islimited, to prevent iti/from being thrown upwardly out ofnormalposition; by a lug 86-bent over fromthe standardf'rand engaging aslot 81 in the kdetent.` The forward lower end portion of the detentwhich contacts the ledge 24 is in the form of a V-,shapedl tooth 88 of`relatively wide angle.l As the phonograph is moved into inoperativeLposition the tooth engages an opening 89 in the ledge 24, the detentdroppingas by reason of its Weight into a lowered position. Thisengagement of'A th'eiopening 89 by the detent does not lock the carriagesince the sides of the tooth 88 have such small inclination as to permitthe detent to slide easily out of the opening 8S in response to aforward movement of the phonograph. It will however be understood thatshould. the detent become locked against upwardmovement out of theopening 89 then the phonograph carriage will becomelocked in inoperativeposition and concurrently the onoif switch 29 will become locked'inoff'condition. In accordance with the present invention, such locking ofthe phonograph is effected as an incident of closingthe cover 5 andconversely the cover 5 is locked in open position as an incident ofmoving the phonograph into operating'position, as is now explained. f jv Provided on the support arm 6 'for the cover Sis a locking iinger 90.which, upon a closing of the cover, is movedinto a position directlyabove the detent to obstruct it against upward movement out ofY theopening 8.9, as shown in Figure 2. Conversely', when the phonograph ismoved forsupport vwithin said cabinet adapted to carry an instrument andmovable into rst and second positionsl` to respectively render theinstrument accessible and inaccessible for operation by way of saidopening; and means to lock said cover in a substantially wholly openposition operatively in- .terposedbetween said support and cover andperwardly into operative position, the detent '83 -is moved forwardlyalong the ledge 24 into a'position directly below the position occupiedby the finger 9U when the cover is in open position, as indicated bydash-dot lines in Figure 2. Thus the moving of the phonograph intooperative position serves to lock the cover in open position andtheclosing of the cover serves to lock the phonograph in inoperativeposition.

Although Ihave herein illustrated and described my invention in terms ofone speciiicembodiment it will be understood that this embodimentis'sub- 'Y ject to many changes and modifications without departure fromthe scope of my invention, which I endeavour to express according to thefollowing claims. l

VIclaim: y 'Y i 11. In-a structure comprising acabinetprovided with anopening in the top portion thereof the combination of a movably mountedsupportwith'- in said cabinet adapted to carry an instrument and movableinto rst and second positions to respectively render the instrumentaccessible and inaccessible for operation by way of said opening;

opening: the combination of a movably mounted f mitting movement of eachindependently of the other; 'said locking means being rendered operableas-said'fcover is moved into said substantially wholly open position andcontrolled by said support in the movement thereof into said firstposition.

3. In a structure comprising a cabinet provided with an opening the topportion thereof: the ,combination of a cover for said opening mounted onsaid cabinet for movement into open and closed positions; a movablymounted support within said cabinet adapted to carry an instrument andmovable into first and second positions to Vrespectively render theinstrument accessible Vand-'inaccessible for operation by way of saidopening;V and a lock operatively interposed betweenisaid coverand saidsupport and effective on said cover onlyv when said support is in apredetermined one orits said positions and on said support only whensaid cover is in a predetermined one of its said positions.

4. In a structure comprising a cabinet provided with an opening: thecombination of a support in said cabinet iorv an instrument, mounted formovement into first and second positions to place the instrument intoand out of a normal position of operation at said opening; a. cover forsaid opening pivoted on said cabinet andy movable'into open and closedpositions; a detent member on said support and a cooperating memberextending along the path of the support 'and adapted to permit thedetent to move into a latching position when the support is in saidsecond position; an arm on said cover' moved by the closing of the coverto lock said detent in latching position, said detent being moved alongsaid cooperating member into an obstructing position in relation to saidarm as an incident of moving the support into said first positionwhereby to cause the cover to be locked in open position when theinstrument is in its said-normal position.

5. AIn a structure comprising a cabinet for an instrument having on andoff" conditions, said cabinet being provided with an opening to exposethev instrument for operation: the combination of a cover on saidcabinet for said opening movable between open and closed positions; anon-off control vfor said instrument; manual means operable to cause saidcontrol to be shifted between on and oil position; and

ymeans rendered veffective by said manual means in the movement thereofto place said control in on position, for locking said cover in openposition. Y

6. In a structure comprising a cabinet pro- -vided with an opening inthe top portion thereof: the combination of a movably mounted supportwithin said cabinet adapted to carry an instrument and movable into rstand second positions to respectively render the instrument accessibleand inaccessible for operation by way of said opening, said instrumenthaving on and ,off conditions; an on-oif control for said instrumentoperated into on and on positions in responseto a movement of saidsupport into said iirst and second positions; a cover on said cabinet`for said opening movable between open ing an opening therein: thecombination of la s and closed positions; and means, controlled by saidcover and rendered eiective in the closing thereof, for causing saidsupport to be locked in said second position and said control in oliposition. l

7. In a structure comprising a cabinet provided with an opening: thecombination of a' movably mounted support within said cabinet adapted tocarry an instrument and movable into first and second positions torespectively render the instrument accessible and inaccessible foroperation by way of said opening; a compartment in said cabinet open tothe outside; a wall section on said cabinet forming a closure for saidcompartment; means mounting said wall section for movement into adisappearing position within the cabinet whereby to open saidcompartment to the outside; and means, operatively interconnecting saidsupportfand wall section, for causing the latter to be moved to open andclose said compartment upon moving said support into said first andsecond positions.

8. In a structure comprising a cabinet: the.

combination of a cover on said cabinet movable into open and closedpositions; a compartment within said cabinet; a closure on said cabinetmovable to open and close said compartment;A

means for moving said closure; and means operatively interconnectingsaid moving means and said cover for causingsaid cover to be locked inopen position when said moving means i's in .po-

sition to render said compartment open.

9.. In a cabinet structure: the combination of a cover on the cabinetmovable into open and closed positions; a compartment within saidcabinet open to the outside of the cabinet; a closure for the open endof said compartment movable into open and closed positions; means withinsaid cabinet for moving said closure; and means operativelyinterconnecting said moving means and said cover :for rendering theformer locked when the latter is in closed position.

, 10. In a structure comprising an instrument cabinet provided with anopeningrthe combination of a support in the cabinet for an instrument,mounted for movementinto first and second positions to place .theinstrument into and out of a normal position of operation at saidopening; a compartment within said cabinet; a

closure for said cabinet movably mounted for movement into positions toopen and close said compartment; and a, connection between said supportand said closure for causing the latter to be moved into open and closedpositions as an incident of moving said support into said irst andsecond positions, said connection comprising yieldable means subjectedto strain by the movement of the support into said second positionwhereby to cause said closure to be biased into closed position when theinstrument is out of its said normal position of operation,

11. 'I'he combination as claimed in claim 10, further including a coverfor said cabinet opening, movable into open 'and closed positions; and alock, controlled by said cover and rendered effective when the cover isin closed position, for locking said support in said second position. v

12. In a structure comprising a cabinet havmovably mounted supportwithin said Acabinet adapted to carry an instrument and movable intofirst and second terminal positions wherein the 5 instrument isaccessible and vinaccessible for operation by way of said opening; aclosure on said cabinet for said opening movable into vopen and closedterminal positions; and means operatively interposed between saidsupport and closure,permitting movement of one independent of that oi'the other and causing each to be locked in one of its said terminalpositions lupon the placing of the other in a predetermined one of itssaid terminal positions.

13. In a structure comprising a cabinet: the combination of a support insaid cabinet for an instrument, mounted for movement into terminalpositions toplace the instrument into and out of a normal position ofoperation; a compartment withinsaid cabinet; a closure on said cabinetfor said compartment movable into open and closed positions; and anoperative yieldablekcoupling between said support and said closurecausing oney to be held yieldably at one of the said positions thereofwhen the other is in a predeterined'ione of its said positions;

14, In a structure comprising a cabinet for an instrument having on andoff conditions, said cabinet being provided with an opening to eX- posethe instrument for operation: the combination of a cover on said cabinetfor said opening movable between open and closed positions; a diierentlypositionable control for said instrument; manual means operable to causea shift n in position of said control; and meansoperable `by said coversubsequently to the placing of said manual means in a predeterminedposition, for locking said manual means in said position.

15. In a phonograph cabinet: the combination of an openablefcompartmentfor a -phonographic mechanism; a mounting for said mechanism in saidcompartment movable to place the mechanisminto and out of a position ofnormal operation; a separate openable compartment in said cabinetadapted for receiving letters, papers and other correspondence; andmeans, controlled by said mounting in the movements thereof within saidfirst-mentioned compartment into and out oi said normal position ofoperation, for opening and closing said correspondence compartment.

16. In a phonograph cabinet including a compartment for a, phonographmechanism: the combination of 4closure means on said cabinet for openingand closing said compartment; a sep- GUSTAV F. BRAUN.

arate compartment in said cabinet for corre-.

